Re: The (possible) NEXT Stargate series

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> "Chris Schumacher" <kens...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Pete B <xxxh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> It's a first pitch, subject to all kinds of network interference
before
> >> it reaches the screens - IF it reaches them.
>
> > Well, of course it isn't finalized. I mean, there's no one the crew 
> > meets
> > in the first
> > episode, pisses off, and ends up fighting for five or so years. :)
>
> > -==Kensu==-
> > "Screw you guys, I'm going home." -Jack O'Neil: Stargate Universe
> > ("Pilot")
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> There are still alot of unexplored avenues with the sort of established
> history this show has.We havent met the Furlings.What if they turned out

> to
> "speak" an ancient form of semitic "Babylonian"?The show layed out how
we
> got the Egyptian pantheon.Is it taboo to go for the other bits :-)
> What about a few teams that go meeting other cultures deciding to
pretend
> they are Gods and go down the path of the Guaold?In any case I would
> definitely like to see the special effects to be excellent from the very
> start, I was disappointed with the suits of armor in the series compared

> to
> the armor from the movies when the series first came out.Yes, I know, it

> was
> expensive.

"They never touched the monotheistic religions. Just once when Vala was
pregnant and said something like "have you ever heard of someone being
born without ***ual relations ?" and the others were slightly
embarrassed - and they spoke about Arthur. They chose to never speak
about Christianity, Judaism, or Islam for obvious reasons (it could
make a lot of people angry) , but Galactica does it (indirectly) and
with great success. So why not ? They don't even have to invent
anything, they can just behave as usual and steal from other writers
ideas."

A story involving the origins of Babylonian symbolism could be viable and 
would actually be along the lines of the original movie.It could be done
but 
you would certainly have people wondering if you were trying to convey a 
particular religious message (or a specifically non-religious
message-there 
are no chaplains on the show, and all military bases have them).The show 
never addressed beliefs of the ancients in any higher beings than
themselves 
(who have the power of gods almost) but that could be hand-waved away
easily 
with one episode where they say that dont know any more than anyone else 
about the matter.Some sort of explanation , say, for the Tower of Babel (
a 
weapon? A war between space races?) would anchor the show to existing 
mythology but to be honest, I would be happy if they have  good science 
advisors and have a decent technical base for whatever they do. I wont
mind 
missing out on discovering the Planet of the Hebrews, nobody would have
the 
balls to do that well anyway and too many people will cry just reading
this 
post.<G>